Political Party
Use the table in Exercise. A person is selected randomly from the sample summarized in the table. We want to determine the probability that the person is a moderate Republican. Which of the following statements best describes the problem?
i. P(moderate Republican)
ii. P(Republican moderate)
iii. P(moderate AND Republican)
Exercise
GSS: Political Party The General Social Survey (GSS) is a survey done nearly every year at the University of Chicago. One survey, summarized in the table, asked each respondent to report her or his political party affiliation and whether she or he was liberal, moderate, or conservative. (Dem stands for Democrat, and Rep stands for Republican.)
a. If one person is chosen randomly from the group, what is the probability that the person is liberal?
b. If one person is chosen randomly from the group, what is the probability that the person is a Democrat?